[MC-58088] Minecraft on Mac Uses Apple Java Instead of Newer Oracle Java

Minecraft on Mac OS X uses the older, Apple supplied Java 6 even when the newer Java 8 supplied by Oracle is installed. If this cannot be worked around because of Apple's restrictions I understand but if it's possible to change that would be great because Javas 7 and 8 perform MUCH better than Java 6. If this belongs in the Minecraft Launcer section, I apologize.

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MCL-1049 Launcher does not detect Java 7/8 while it is present - Mac OS X Resolved

Comments 2

Mateo Hernandez 2014-06-19T21:11:15Z

It is possible to change which Java Minecraft uses in the launcher, but you first need to know the path to the JRE 7 / 8 javaw.exe program. Find that and then input it into the 'Executable:' option in the launcher profile settings.
Edit: If you do not know the path to your Java executable, the default is C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe for Java 7 and C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_20\bin\javaw.exe for Java 8.

Platypus 2014-06-19T22:04:21Z

Thanks for trying, but it's not as simple as that. After using Terminal to find where the Java 8 JDK is and inputting that directory into the launcher, Minecraft fails to launch unless I uncheck the box to revert it to looking for Java 6.